Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 14 15 Jun 2026, 08:05

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 21:0.642 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.064
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.179
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.752
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.277
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.856
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.525
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.670
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.255
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.671
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.534
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.550
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
28.243
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.543
And the system is very low on memory 3.784
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.206
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.359
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.430
And I free up some memory 0.734
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.025
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.417
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 5.029
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.998
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.721
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.771
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.908
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
12.938
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.046
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.431
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.194
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.464
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.885
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.683
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.305
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.952
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.011
When I write some files expected to persist 1.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.532
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.447
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.494
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.577
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.992
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.174
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.376
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
36.203
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.405
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.085
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.248
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.649
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.624
When I enable persistence 16.590
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.920
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.564
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.268
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.549
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.338
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
When I cold reboot the computer 10.588
And the computer reboots Tails 35.189
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.270
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.195
Given I enable persistence 10.601
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.198
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.051
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
2:8.748
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.031
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.381
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 28.297
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.701
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.405
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
38.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.461
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.305
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.101
And all notifications have disappeared 8.261
When I delete the persistent partition 2.734
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.363
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.769
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.773
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.504
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
46.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.988
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.216
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.371
And all notifications have disappeared 7.540
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.253
And all tps features are enabled 4.359
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.644
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.788
And I enable persistence 22.569
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.844
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.568
And persistence is enabled 4.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.636
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.162
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.983
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.800
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.363
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.984
When I enable persistence 10.119
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.575
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.673
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.466
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.816
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.229
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.248
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.037
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.516
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.087
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.348
And all notifications have disappeared 8.901
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.121
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.395
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.147
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.565
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.200
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.576
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.050
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.356
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.232
When I log in to a new session 10.053
And all notifications have disappeared 8.578
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.420
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000